{"product_id":"in-the-balance-worldwar-book-one-9780345388520","title":"In the Balance (Worldwar, Book One)","description":"\u003cb\u003eSuppose Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hitler, and Hirohito had united to conquer an even greater foe?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo one could top their power--not the Germans, not the Japanese, not the Russians, not the United States.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Pearl Harbor to panzers rolling through Paris to the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Midway, war seethed across the planet as flames of destruction rose higher and hotter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then, suddenly, the real enemy came. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe invaders seemed unstoppable, their technology far beyond human reach. And never before had men been more divided. For Jew to unite with Nazi, American with Japanese, and Russian with German was unthinkable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the alternative was even worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the fate of the world hung in the balance, slowly, painfully, humankind took up the shocking challenge. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Few Remain\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: \u003ci\u003eBombs Away, Fallout, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Armistice;\u003c\/i\u003e the War That Came Early novels: \u003ci\u003eHitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoup d'Etat, Two Fronts, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Last Orders; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Worldwar saga: \u003ci\u003eIn the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Striking the Balance;\u003c\/i\u003e the Colonization books: \u003ci\u003eSecond Contact, Down to Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Aftershocks; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Great War epics: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Front, Walk in Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreakthroughs;\u003c\/i\u003e the American Empire novels: \u003ci\u003eBlood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictorious Opposition;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Settling Accounts series: \u003ci\u003eReturn Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In at the Death\u003c\/i\u003e. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901150859538,"sku":"9780345388520","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2107e112-9b86-4914-9a9c-dce0a2c7487e.jpg?v=1738414435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-balance-worldwar-book-one-9780345388520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}